All the Sultan's Men: Ma Rawahu al-Asatin fi 'Adami al-Maji'i ila al-Salatin
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Talut Dawood
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About The Book
"All the Sultan's Men" is a translation of Imam al-Suyuti's text “Ma Rawahu al-Asatin fi 'Adami al-Maji'i ila al-Salatin”. As indicated by the title, it argues and establishes the blameworthy nature of scholars associating with rulers. Since the age of early Muslims when the Prophetic Khilafah ended and the era of Muslim kings and empires began, scholars have wrestled with the nature of the relationship between the ulema-class and rulers.
Some of our most illustrious Imams, such as Imam Abu Hanifah & Imam Malik, refused official appointments from rulers. Moreover, they refused to visit them in their courts. Others such as Qadi Abu Yusuf - the student of Imam Abu Hanifah - accepted official appointments. Such disparity in the way of dealing with the rulers was echoed throughout the time of the Tabi'in. Some scholars accepted appointments, while others criticized them and refused such an association.
Nonetheless, both scholar and layman require guidance on the correct measures to take in times of confusion. One may wonder, "When is it acceptable for a scholar to accept an appointment?" Or "When is it appropriate for a scholar to avoid politics altogether?" Others may ask, "Is there a middle ground between the two opinions?" Such questions require in-depth answers. Although this text is only an introduction to the subject, it provides clear guidance on what kinds of interactions with the rulers are blameworthy for scholars, and why.
Contents:
1. The Prohibition of Visiting the Rulers in the Prophetic Sunnah
2. The Most Hated of People to Allah
3. Will the Person who enters upon the Ruler drink from the Lake of the Prophet p.b.u.h?
4. The Jurists are the Custodians of the Messengers
5. The Scholar will have the Same Punishment as the Ruler
6. From the Attributes of the Scholars of the End Times
7. Seditious Rulers
8. People who will study the Jurisprudence of the Religion for the Goods of this World
9. The Ruling of one who approaches the Ruler through Flattery
10. Warning against sitting in the Ruler’s Gathering
11. The one who visits the Ruler loses his religion
12. Blameworthy traits in the Seekers of Knowledge
13. Beware of going Headlong into Sedition
14. The counsel of Wahb ibn Munabbih to ‘Ata’
15. Do not sit with Heretical People
16. Beware of desires and disputes
17. The states of the Pious Predecessors regarding the Governors
18. Three kinds of Scholars
19. The benefit of the people of Knowledge defending Knowledge
20. Abu Hazim al-Zahid and the Rulers of Bani Umayyah
21. Hammad Ibn Salamah and the Governor of Iraq
22. The Situation of those who associate with the Rulers
23. That which is unbecoming of the Scholar
24. The most noble thing in the End Times
25. The words of some Poets on coming to the Rulers
About the Contributor(s)
About the author
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti: One of the most prolific scholars in Islamic history, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (849-911 AH / 1445-1505 CE), whose full name was Abu al-Fadl ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Khudayri al-Suyuti, was born and raised in Cairo. Orphaned in childhood, he memorized the entire Qurʾan by the age of eight and went on to study under many of the leading teachers of Mamluk Egypt, gathering ijazas from scholars across the Muslim world. He was a Shafiʿi in law and Ashʿari in creed, and at one point regarded himself as the mujaddid, the renewer, of his age. Biographers credit him with close to six hundred works, from brief epistles to large reference compilations, spanning tafsir, hadith, fiqh, Arabic grammar and rhetoric, history, and more. He is best remembered as co-author of Tafsir al-Jalalayn, completing the concise verse-by-verse Qurʾanic commentary begun by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli, and for al-Itqan fi ʿUlum al-Qurʾan, a landmark survey of the Qurʾanic sciences. Among his other enduring works are al-Jami al-Saghir, a much-used collection of Prophetic hadith, Tadrib al-Rawi on hadith methodology, Tarikh al-Khulafaʾ on the caliphs, and Husn al-Muhadara on the history of Egypt. In his forties he withdrew from teaching and public life, secluding himself on Rawda Island on the Nile to write, where he remained until his death in Cairo in 911 AH.
About the translator
Talut Dawood: Ustadh Talut Dawood is an American Muslim translator specializing in classical Arabic Islamic scholarship, with a particular focus on texts from the Tijaniyya tradition and the broader Sunni scholarly heritage. He grew up in New York, North Carolina, and Texas, and received his foundational Islamic education under his father, Shaykh Sulaiman Dawood, himself a classically trained scholar. He went on to study with teachers from Syria, West Africa, the United Kingdom, and North America. In 2018 he formally joined Imam Ghazali Publishing as Senior Translator-in-Residence, undertaking this role with the blessings and formal authorization (idhn) of his principal teacher, Shaykh Mahy Cisse. He currently resides in Mexico, where he has served in a leadership and Imam capacity. Among the works he has translated are The 40 Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi, All the Sultan's Men, Reports on the Dajjal, Miracles of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, The Isra' and Mi'raj, and Inner Dimensions from the Order of the Surahs in the Qur'an, as well as a number of shorter devotional texts published by Imam Ghazali Publishing. He has translated and taught over twenty books for the publisher.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781952306075
Publisher
Imam Ghazali Institute
Author
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
Pages
80
Translator
Talut Dawood
Year Published
2021
Size
W-6 in | H-9 in | D-0.2 in
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